It’s a tough weekend to predict at the box office as it’s a little hard to tell just how high an R-rated adult drama/satire/thriller such as David Fincher‘s Gone Girl could go. Laremy predicted a $27 million opening while the reader average was $33.2 million and over at Box Office Mojo, Ray Subers went all the way up to $40 million. So, what will it be?
Well, with with a reported $1.3 million at Thursday night’s box office it stands to assume at this point something closer to $25-27 million is more likely for Gone Girl, though I wouldn’t be surprised to see it climb to $30 million at best. I’d love to be wrong, and it’s not as if that’s a bad result by any stretch, but it just seems the kind of start this one seems destined for with solid holds from week to week.
Besting Gone Girl out of the gates was WB’s Annabelle. The prequel story to last year’s The Conjuring scored $2.1 million last night and is going to be neck-and-neck with Gone Girl over the weekend, though if one of these films is to pull away I suspect it would be Gone Girl as a $24-26 million finish for Annabelle seems most likely at this point.
No numbers yet for Left Behind, which I’m not even sure if it had any screenings last night, but Laremy predicts a $8 million opening weekend for the Nicolas Cage starrer while the readers aren’t quite as bullish, averaging out $6.5 million.
I’ve included Laremy’s predictions and the average reader predictions directly below and I’ll be back on Sunday with box office estimates. To see Laremy’s full list of predictions and all 90 reader predictions for this weekend click here.
Laremy’s Predictions
- Gone Girl – $27 million
- Annabelle – $24 million
- The Equalizer – $17.8 million
- Left Behind – $8 million
Your Predictions
- Gone Girl – $33.2 million
- Annabelle – $25.1 million
- The Equalizer – $17 million
- Left Behind – $6.5 million
